The best thing, ... was that my subject was accessible, which wasn't always true with the other people I worked with. Secondly, I didn't have to split the money with him. He did it gratis, which was nice of him. And if he was wrong, I had nobody to blame but myself. I couldn't pull a Charles Barkley and claim I was misquoted in my autobiography.

Dick Schaap

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Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

— Dick Schaap

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It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.

— Dick Schaap

All of journalism is a shrinking art, ... So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

— Dick Schaap

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.

— Dick Schaap

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If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

— Dick Schaap

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